Clothes-line prop.



N1 C. MGGARVEY.

CLOTHES LINE PROP. ArPLIoA'rroH mmv 00126, 190s.

'Patelted Mar. 16, 1909.

Grimm? NELLIE C. MCGARVEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-LINE PROP.

Application led October 26, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentes March 1s, 1909.

serial No. 459,488.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELLIE C, McGAnvnv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Line Props, of which the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes line props, and moreparticularly to an improved clothes line engaging attachment for theupper ends of clothes props, the object of the invention being toprovide improvements of this character which will enable the readyengagement and disengagement of the clothes prop with the clothes line,and when engaged the prop can be moved to any position along the clothesline without disengaging the prop from the line.

A further object `is to provide improvements of this character whichwill add but slight expense to the ordinary clothes prop in usc, andwhich will be Vextremely simple in construction, and absolutely preventaccidental disengagement of the prop from the line.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combinations and arrangements of partsas will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l., is a perspective viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is an end view. 8, is a view insection illustrating my improvements with the parts assembled, butbefore the wire is bent into its finished shape.

l represents pole of wood or other' desired material, and 2 my improvedattachment, the latter composed of a single piece of wire bent in theform shown, and secured to the pole l by a ferrule 3, as will behereinafter explained.

The wire is bent midway between its ends forming an enlargement 4, andthe ends of the wire then extend upward in comparatively straight linesas shown at 5, and are disposed at an acute angle with relation to eachother. The ends of the wires are then bent downward in a curved linetoward each other as shown at 6, and are bent around the straightportions 5, thus forming two spring jaws overlapping and pressingagainst each other, constituting a s ring closure for the opening formedin the ower end of the attachment between the straight portions 5 andthe curved portions G. The curved portions 6, also provide, at the upperend of the attachment, a guideway to receive the clothes line 7, andwhen pressure is applied to the pole, the clothes line will force thespring iaws apart and enter the opening there between.

In assembling the parts, the wire is first bent as shown in Fig. 8, andinserted in a fer-rule 3, and the latter secured on the polo 1,. The endof the pole l extends in the ferrnle and against the enlarged'portion 4,and when the ferrule 3 is fast on the pole, the attachment will besecured without the employment of other means, as the opening in the endof the ferrule is too small to permit the enlargement 4 being drawntherethrongl'i. After securing the ferrule to the pole and the wire inthe ferrule, the wires are then bent into the shape shown, and as abovedescrill-ed.

It will thus be seen that v-.fith my inquina-- ments, the pole can beconnected to the clothes line by so positioning the pole that the springjaws of the attachment will be on opposite sides of the line, and thenby moving the pole toward the line, the spring jaws will. be forcedapart by the line, and the latter will move into the opening providedfor its reception. To separate the polo from the line, it is merelynecessary to draw the polo away from the line, when the spring jaws willmove over the line and release the same. When the pole is in position onthe line, it can be moved to any part of thc line without the necessityof disconnecting it.

Slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement ofparts described without (leparting from my invention, and hence I do notrestrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention wnat I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. An article of the character described comprising a wire bent betweenits ends, and

the ends bent forming spring liaws overlap- 1 ping each other andconstituting a clothes line receiving opening between the lower portionsof the jaws, the ends of the wire bent around the main portions of thewire, and the upper ends of the jaws formed into a fiared entrance orguide-way for the line to enter between the j aws, and means forsecuring the intermediate portion of seid wire to the pole. 2. In anarticle of the character described, the combination with zt pole, of aWire bent between its ends forming an enlargement, and bent nt itsends`formingV spring aws ovorf lapping and hearing against eachother, andthe ends oi the Wire bent around the main I portions of the Wire, eferrule having an opening in its end 'of less vsize than the enlargementl on the Wire and adapted to receive the Wire With the enlargement inthe ferrule, and said ferrule secured on the end of' the pole-With theend oi' ythe pole bearing against said en- 15 largement to Wedge it intothe upper end of the ferrule. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

YNELLIE C. MCGARVEY. Witnesses R. HKRENKEL, J. A. L. MULHALL.

